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United States Steel (X) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$36.93 -1.00 (-2.65%)
Closing price 02/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$36.96 +0.03 (+0.08%)
As of 02/21/2025 07:58 PM Eastern
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About United States Steel Stock (NYSE:X)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$36.81
$38.25
50-Day Range
$30.14
$39.29
52-Week Range
$26.92
$48.13
Volume
4.23 million shs
Average Volume
6.38 million shs
Market Capitalization
$8.32 billion
P/E Ratio
24.78
Dividend Yield
0.54%
Price Target
$39.82
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

United States Steel Corporation produces and sells flat-rolled and tubular steel products primarily in North America and Europe. The company operates through North American Flat-Rolled (Flat-Rolled), Mini Mill, U. S. Steel Europe (USSE), and Tubular Products (Tubular) segments. The Flat-Rolled segment offers slabs, strip mill plates, sheets, and tin mill products, as well as iron ore and coke. This segment serves customers in the service center, conversion, transportation, automotive, construction, container, appliance, and electrical markets. The Mini Mill segment provides hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and coated sheets and electrical steel products. This segment serves customers in the automotive, construction, pipe and tube, sheet converter, electrical, solar industrial equipment, and service center markets. The USSE segment provides slabs, strip mill plates, sheets, tin mill products, and spiral welded pipes. This segment serves customers in the construction, container, appliance and electrical, service center, conversion, oil, gas, and petrochemical markets. The Tubular segment offers seamless and electric resistance welded steel casing and tubing products, as well as standard and line pipe and mechanical tubing products primarily to customers in the oil, gas, and petrochemical markets. It also engages in the real estate business. United States Steel Corporation was founded in 1901 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

United States Steel Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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84th Percentile Overall Score

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United States Steel scored higher than 84% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 48th out of 188 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    United States Steel has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    United States Steel has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about United States Steel's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for United States Steel are expected to grow by 126.57% in the coming year, from $1.43 to $3.24 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of United States Steel is 24.78, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.69.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of United States Steel is 24.78, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 104.62.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    United States Steel has a PEG Ratio of 1.53. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    United States Steel has a P/B Ratio of 0.73. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about United States Steel's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.94% of the float of United States Steel has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    United States Steel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in United States Steel has recently decreased by 49.07%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    United States Steel has a dividend yield of 0.51%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

  • Dividend Growth

    United States Steel does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Dividend Coverage

    The dividend payout ratio of United States Steel is 13.42%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

  • Dividend Sustainability

    Based on earnings estimates, United States Steel will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.17% next year. This indicates that United States Steel will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about United States Steel's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.94% of the float of United States Steel has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    United States Steel has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in United States Steel has recently decreased by 49.07%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    United States Steel has a news sentiment score of 0.65. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.52 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for United States Steel this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 58 people have searched for X on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -22% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 21 people have added United States Steel to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, United States Steel insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 0.98% of the stock of United States Steel is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    81.92% of the stock of United States Steel is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about United States Steel's insider trading history.
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X Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

United States Steel's stock was trading at $33.99 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, X stock has increased by 8.6% and is now trading at $36.9260.
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United States Steel Co. (NYSE:X) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 30th. The basic materials company reported ($0.18) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.38. United States Steel had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.27% and a net margin of 2.46%.

Top institutional investors of United States Steel include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.13%), Nomura Holdings Inc., Pentwater Capital Management LP and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.13%). Insiders that own company stock include David B Burritt, Christine S Breves, Scott D Buckiso, Duane D Holloway, Daniel R Brown, Kenneth E Jaycox, Richard Fruehauf, James E Bruno, Manpreet Grewal, Alicia J Davis and Andrea J Ayers.
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Shares of X stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that United States Steel investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), General Electric (GE), Broadcom (AVGO), Tesla (TSLA) and Adobe (ADBE).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 12/11 Dividend
11/08/2024
Dividend Payable
12/11/2024
Last Earnings
1/30/2025
Ex-Dividend for 3/12 Dividend
2/10/2025
Today
2/23/2025
Dividend Payable
3/12/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
5/01/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Blast furnaces & steel mills
Sub-Industry
Steel
CUSIP
91290910
Employees
22,053
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$39.82
High Stock Price Target
$46.00
Low Stock Price Target
$35.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+7.8%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.75
Research Coverage
8 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$384 million
Pretax Margin
2.80%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$15.64 billion
Cash Flow
$6.06 per share
Book Value
$50.80 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
223,010,000
Market Cap
$8.32 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
1.86

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This page (NYSE:X) was last updated on 2/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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